Alma López
Alma López (born 1966) is a Mexican-born Queer
Chicana artist. Her art often portrays historical and cultural Mexican figures, such as
the Virgin of Guadalupe and
La Llorona, filtered through a radical Chicana
feminist lesbian lens. Her art work is meant to empower women and indigenous Mexicans by the
reappropriation of symbols of
Mexica history when women played a more prominent role. The medium of digital art allows her to mix different elements from Catholicism and juxtapose it to indigenous art, women, and issues such as rape, gender violence, sexual marginalization and racism. This juxtaposition allows her to explore the representation of women and indigenous Mexicans and their histories that have been lost or fragmented since colonization. Her work is often seen as controversial. Currently, she is a lecturer at the
University of California Los Angeles in the Department of
Chicana/o Studies.
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